UNSPSC 50416103: Organic giant winter spinach

The variety of organic spinach known as organic giant winter spinach

UNSPSC 50416103 Organic giant winter spinach (Commodity) represents a narrow product line within institutional food service procurement, though recent state and local solicitations show limited activity directly targeting organic spinach as a standalone line item. Instead, spinach appears as one commodity within broader fresh-produce and grocery-procurement categories covering hundreds of items for school nutrition programs, state operations, and child nutrition services. When solicited, organic or specialty spinach typically competes on price, quality, shelf life, and compliance with USDA food safety standards within larger vegetable categories that include leafy greens, broccoli, carrots, and other produce staples. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with regional education cooperatives and county boards of education conducting most solicitations; state agencies and independent school districts in Texas and Georgia appear as repeat buyers. A small number of municipal and county food-service operations also solicit produce, though most activity concentrates in K-12 nutrition programs funded through federal Child Nutrition Program dollars or USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program grants.

Geographic activity clusters in Georgia and Texas, with recent solicitations from Bulloch County, Glynn County, Liberty County, and Savannah-Chatham County school systems in Georgia; Muscogee County and Douglas County coordinating multi-district RFPs; and Northside Independent School District, Austin Independent School District, and McAllen Independent School District in Texas. Recent representative opportunities include the Early County Board of Education's line-by-line food bid (due June 8, 2026), which covers approximately 300 food items including fresh vegetables and emphasizes low-sodium and no-added-sugar formulations; the Douglas County School System's cooperative RFP for fresh produce and eggs (due March 4, 2026) covering 30 districts across Georgia with estimated annual spending of approximately $4.4 million for Area One; and Austin Independent School District's RFP 26RFP034 for fresh produce and a la carte beverages (due March 11, 2026), which emphasizes Good Food Purchasing Program compliance and domestic sourcing. Commodity-level spinach procurement is rarely the sole award driver; vendors pursuing this code should expect spinach to compete within comprehensive produce bid schedules, with pricing tied to USDA terminal-market reports and evaluation dominated by on-time delivery, product quality, HACCP certification, and Buy American compliance rather than organic certification premium alone.